Harpy

Har·py  (härp)

n. pl. Har·pies

1. Greek Mythology One of several loathsome, voracious monsters with the head and trunk of a woman and the tail, wings, and talons of a bird.

2. harpy A predatory person.

3. harpy A shrewish woman.

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harpy

Noun

pl -pies a violent, unpleasant, or greedy woman [Greek Harpuiai the Harpies, literally: snatchers (mythical birdlike female monsters)]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	harpy - a malicious woman with a fierce temper hellcat, vixen disagreeable woman, unpleasant woman - a woman who is an unpleasant person
	2.	Harpy - (Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks mythical creature, mythical monster - a monster renowned in folklore and myth
	3.	harpy - any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes harpy bat, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit bat fruit bat, megabat - large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit genus Nyctimene, Nyctimene - East Indian fruit bats
	4.	harpy - large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America Harpia harpyja, harpy eagle bird of Jove, eagle - any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight genus Harpia, Harpia - a genus of Accipitridae